September 2012 Archive



The week in PC gaming: 24th/30th September30 September 2012
Be a better Zerg with Shaun "Apollo" Clark's new StarCraft 2 tutorial series29 September 2012
Treyarch's David Vonderhaar on why Black Ops 2 Prestige levels won't wipe progress29 September 2012
Choose your own XCOM adventure in a new interactive YouTube gameplay video29 September 2012
Hacking in DayZ: Rocket speaks out. "Even my mum knows there's a problem."29 September 2012
Steam for Linux unlikely to get development SDK at launch - “We’re going to run into the same problem we did with the Mac”, say Valve28 September 2012
Strong start for KeSPA pros at MvP Invitational28 September 2012
City of Heroes' end is nigh and we've got the itinerary 27 September 2012
MvP Invitational starts tonight, puts KeSPA and MLG pros in direct competition27 September 2012
Blizzard’s Titan team is “over 100 people now”27 September 2012
GOMTV begin uploading best GSL matches to YouTube26 September 2012
Black Ops 2 Zombies trailer reveals mode to be like an Antiques Roadshow of reanimated corpses26 September 2012
DreamHack Valencia recap and the best games of the weekend26 September 2012
Not a review in progress: some thoughts on World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria26 September 2012
Skyrim mod gives The Elder Scrolls Gangnam Style26 September 2012
Gamesbrief founder: If you’re approached to be bought by Zynga, “expect to have them publish a game like yours within four months if you turn them down"26 September 2012
GOG and CD Projekt RED special event this October; games will be named, secrets spilled, and announcements announced25 September 2012
The team responsible for not releasing Duke Nukem Forever want you to give them money for their next game25 September 2012
German consumer protection group will take Valve to court over Steam EULA if the company doesn’t respond to cease and desist order25 September 2012
Black Ops 2 scorestreaks "reward you because you're helping your team", replacing killstreaks25 September 2012
MLG vs Proleague Invitational begins Thursday, passes on sale25 September 2012
The War Z footage displays solitude, a fireman's hat, buildable barricades, and bugs. Seems an awful lot like DayZ24 September 2012
PopCap Dublin closes its doors; 96 staff laid off24 September 2012
The best mods for Total War: Shogun II24 September 2012
XCOM: Enemy Unknown PC demo now on Steam24 September 2012
Beneath a Steel Sky 2 confirmed, as Broken Sword Kickstarter ends at double its target24 September 2012
Total War: Rome 2 has a budget 40 percent bigger than any previous Total War24 September 2012
TaeJa comes back from 0-2 deficit to take first place at DreamHack Valencia23 September 2012
DreamHack Valencia Day 2 update: a slow start and a shocking turn23 September 2012
The week in PC gaming: 17th/23rd September23 September 2012
DreamHack Valencia StarCraft 2 tournament begins tomorrow, Valencia eSports Congress today21 September 2012
Leading names in eSports call for a more even distribution of prize money: "million dollar payouts are not sustainable"21 September 2012
Devil May Cry DMC PC port outsourced; Capcom plan to get it out “shortly after the ship date for the console version."20 September 2012
Total War mod, DarthMod Empire V8.0 platinum, released; developer retires from Total War modding20 September 2012
Descension promises choice, consequence, puzzles and Loose Women20 September 2012
SWTOR 1.4 update makes your character sad, or happy, or alarmed, or cheery, with controllable moods; other quality of life improvements detailed20 September 2012
World of Warcraft patent infringement case goes to trial in 201320 September 2012
Black Ops 2 Zombies teaser trailer suggests zombie school bus20 September 2012
Obsidian's Project Eternity will be DRM free and available on GOG19 September 2012
Call of Duty DLC Final Assault release date announced19 September 2012
Diablo 3 1.03a patch fixes zombies bears; reduces durability loss on equipped items 19 September 2012
Bioware co-founders announce departure from both studio and games industry18 September 2012
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 teaser trailer teases zombies. Quite badly.18 September 2012
Black Ops 2 weapons retain level after prestige level wipe18 September 2012
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition unlocked to 60fps by lovely chap 18 September 2012
Black Ops 2 leak rumoured to reveal multiplayer and campaign map details18 September 2012
Steam's Big Picture Mode isn't taking aim at consoles. It's taking aim at console games18 September 2012
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online Arctic pack adds guns, guns, and more guns, also a new map17 September 2012
Report: simple exploit allows hackers to crash World of Warcraft servers17 September 2012
The week in PC gaming: 10th/16th September16 September 2012
Stranger's Wrath HD released; vanilla version updates for free14 September 2012
Heart of the Swarm beta receives patch; Terran Warhound removed14 September 2012
Diablo 3 1.0.5 patch will make players take less damage whilst also nerfing their abilities, say wha?14 September 2012
Blizzard interview Diablo 3 voice actors - Covetous Shen is a total dude14 September 2012
Pro Pinball Kickstarter offers three tables to anyone pledging $213 September 2012
iSeries CS:GO tournament marks shift from CS:Source; £4,000 prize pot13 September 2012
Blizzard hint at Diablo 3 patch 1.0.5 changes: uber-bosses are coming13 September 2012
MLG, IEG and KeSPA announce a new super tournament, MVP13 September 2012
Everything you could possibly want to know about Magic Find in Diablo 3...13 September 2012
Public Test Realm option added to Diablo 3 launcher hints at upcoming PvP patch12 September 2012
Good Deals, September 4th: 25% off everything at Green Man Gaming and Far Cry 2 for the price of an okay sandwich12 September 2012
SWTOR developers "committed" to deliver a "major update" every six weeks11 September 2012
Put your Steam games where you want them: beta supports installation to different directories11 September 2012
Money in the Denk: The custom mode for Modern Warfare 3 that you can set up today11 September 2012
Obsidian tease their mysterious new project11 September 2012
Steam Big Picture Mode is live; let the embiggening begin11 September 2012
Over $50m pledged to games on Kickstarter in the last six months10 September 2012
Three minutes of Black Ops 2 gameplay footage leaked from internal beta; looks like Counter-Strike10 September 2012
GamersGate launches the IndieFort Championship, "the world's biggest indie bundle"10 September 2012
Steam Big Picture Mode beta starts on Monday9 September 2012
Riders of Rohan screenshots show off the endgame7 September 2012
Diablo 3 calculator Gear Guru is now free on Google Play7 September 2012
XCOM pre-orders available on Steam though rewards are dependant on sales7 September 2012
Wasteland 2 video shows off isometric perspective, “camera angle diversity”7 September 2012
The trouble with Greenlight's $100 enrollment fee6 September 2012
Beneath a Steel Sky 2 added as stretch goal to Broken Sword Kickstarter6 September 2012
Diablo player Alkaizer reaches Paragon level 100 in just two weeks, internet is amazed6 September 2012
Football Manager boss on the decision to require Steam: “We weren’t 100% sure if it was a good idea or not.”6 September 2012
Valve say Steam Greenlight will “continue to evolve over the next weeks and months”6 September 2012
The Middle-Earth Roleplaying Project resists cease and desist letter6 September 2012
Trials Evolution coming to PC with Gold Edition6 September 2012
EA boss refuses to greenlight singleplayer only games5 September 2012
Diablo 3 1.0.5 patch will make crowd control more effective in later levels by throwing out the current system5 September 2012
The Daily Mail: monsters5 September 2012
DayZ Standalone: everything we know5 September 2012
Diablo 3 player Alkaizer about to hit Paragon max level5 September 2012
Starcraft II Heart of the Swarm beta goes live5 September 2012
The final frag: online on the last Quake 4 server on the planet5 September 2012
Steam Greenlight now requires $100 submission fee5 September 2012
Interview: Stephanie Perotti, head of Ubisoft’s online services on the new uPlay, DRM, security and more5 September 2012
Medal of Honor Warfighter trailer masks interviewee's identity; take it as an invitation to guess4 September 2012
Sandbox shooter Brick-Force enters public beta, has many bees4 September 2012
CLOP, from the creator of QWOP and GIRP4 September 2012
A gaming headset by the guys who make headsets for astronauts: the Plantronics GameCom Commander3 September 2012
The Witcher 2 receives price drop in time for mod tools3 September 2012
Black Ops 2 minimum spec revealed; Windows XP not supported3 September 2012
Torchlight 2 to include modding tools and Steam Workshop support3 September 2012
Brothers in Arms: Furious Four to abandon Brothers in Arms name and become its own IP3 September 2012
"Xen will be a complete game in its own right," claims Black Mesa Source developer3 September 2012